Quote Originally Posted by Isala View Post
now we have to have 7 other NPCs suddenly appear.
Yeah... DT is unfortunately riddled with this. That's probably also why they won't retire the scions, they need 8 NPCs for trusts.

An option for the story would be to just say screw the 8-man party and do dungeons and trials with 2–8 people and adjust the party comp for various mechanics that are present as well as the damage output. Give us bonus actions for healing and we would be good.